The Lord’s Prayer

Text: Exodus 16:2-8 and Proverbs 30:7-9
In the name of Jesus: Amen.
What do we mean when we say ‘daily bread?’
What do we mean when we ask for ‘daily bread’ in the Lord’s Prayer?
Are we praying for a communion unleavened bread wafer? Are we praying for flour, flour that is cooked with yeast and water? Or are we praying for something else other than a wheat product?
The words, ‘daily bread,’ seem to refer to simple baked bread; however, when we pray for our daily bread in the Lord’s Prayer, we . . . Read All

Text: First, Second, and Third Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer
In the name of Jesus: Amen.
What are we praying when we pray the Lord’s Prayer?
When we pray the Lord’s Prayer, one of the things we are actually praying against is the old sinner in each of us. Yes, we are praying against the old Adam – the sinful flesh – the sinful nature – who would
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Text: Matthew 6:5-18
In the name of Jesus: Amen.
When we sinners try to open our mouths to pray, what typically happens is this: instead of humble praise and thanksgiving, out comes a confession to God of our own greatness and accomplishments. It is this way because our tongues and mouths are coated with the dirty ashes of sin. It gets worse though. Instead of Godly requests for mercy and pleas for grace, we typically attempt to bargain with God through prayer.[1] That’s right; we create a barter system where we . . . Read All

Things will be different at the great eschaton! That is, things will be different when we are raised from the grave, when Jesus comes to make thing right again.
What will be different?
For starters we will ‘not’ pray The Lord’s Prayer. The reason why this is so? “In the Lord’s Prayer we are effectively praying against the old sinner in each of us, who would rather die than ask and who defining efforts take place on behalf of our own good names to build our kingdoms and to enforce our own wills.”[1] Therefore, because our bodies will be raised imperishable and full of glory without the stain of sin, we will no longer fight against the old sinner, . . . Read All

Praying in the Midst of Cancer and Confessing Christ in a Contrary Culture Segment 1: The Lord’s Prayer teaches to pray , “deliver us from evil.” How do we pray this when facing cancer? Karen Tripp, President, Cancer Companions shares words of hope. http://cancer-companions.org Segment 2: Rev. Christopher Gillespie discusses “Confessing Christ in a Contrary […]

You know what I love? When words we’ve spoken so often get a fresh perspective which makes the same words new again! Pastor Fisk does that today when he teaches the Greek text for the Lord’s Prayer in Luke 11:1-13. You’ll see it with new eyes and hear it with new ears. It will blow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…